Legal Opinion
Deerinwater v. Circus Circus Enterprises
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided March 6, 2001No. 94,537PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLBERT, JUDGE:
T1 Juanita Deerinwater appeals the trial court's order refusing to vacate a prior order dismissing her suit against Cireus Circus Enterprises for lack of in personam jurisdiction. 1 The issue on appeal in this action involving personal injury is whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to vacate the prior order. Based upon our review of the record and applicable law, we find that the court did not err and affirm.
BACKGROUND
T2 In February 1999, Decrinwater, an Oklahoma resident, visited the Gold Strike Casino Resort (Casino), owned by Cireus Circus. Casino is…
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